Abashayeli bezindiza, abafike ngempumelelo ezimweni eziphuthumayo endaweni yombila, basindisa izimpilo zabo bonke abagibeli, bahlonishwe ngendondo ephakeme kakhulu yombuso waseRussia - isihloko esithi 'Iqhawe LaseRussia'. Iqembu lathola ama-Order of Courage.
uMongameli UVladimir Putin usayine isimemezelo sokuhlobisa abashayeli bezindiza kanye nabasebenzi bezindiza abavela eRussia Ural Airlines ngolwesihlanu.
U-Putin uncome izinga lokuqeqeshwa enkampanini futhi wezwakalisa ithemba lokuthi izimo eziphuthumayo ezinjalo zizokwenzeka ngokungavamile ngangokunokwenzeka esikhathini esizayo.
Abanikezwe iziqu zeHero of Russia uKaputeni uDamir Yusupov, 41, kanye nomshayeli wendiza uGeorgy Murzin, 23.
I-Airbus A321 isuke esikhumulweni sezindiza iZhukovsky ngaphandle kwaseMoscow yaya eSimferopol, eCrimea ekuseni ngoLwesine. Ngesikhathi isuka, indiza, eyayinabantu abangu-233, yashayisana nomhlambi wama-gull, okwabangela ukungasebenzi kahle kwenjini.
Abashayeli bezindiza bekumele bafike endaweni ephuthumayo, babeke indiza indiza phansi ngesisu endaweni yombila eduze nesikhumulo sezindiza.
Lapho indiza isibuyele phansi, izisebenzi zafeza umsebenzi wazo ngobungcweti, zahlela ukukhishwa ngokushesha nokuphephile kwabagibeli.
Akekho owashona endizeni ngenxa yokuhlala ngendlela eyisimangaliso - abantu abangu-76 bathole usizo lwezokwelapha, kodwa oyedwa kuphela owadinga ukulaliswa esibhedlela.
